dstebbins
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Let me enlighten you on what I mean.
If it weren't for religion, we would have no law, no morality, and no civilization. In fact, we would just be cavemen if it weren't for religion.
Look back to the history of the homo sapien race. The first step that mankind took from the rest of the animal kingdom towards civilization was the concept of supernaturality, which eventually evolved into religion.
With that leap, we developed emotion. We also eventually developed the power of thought, which is where we got the concept of right and wrong, which REALLY broke us away from other animals. Keep in mind that absolutely everything that we judge based on morality is tied in some way to religion. If it's not found in some religious teaching, whether it be Christianity, Islam, or even Greek Mythology, then it's not considered morally wrong or right. I garentee you that, had Moses not made a verse in the book of Leviticus against gays, we would picture homosexuality as just another difference in culture and not some kind of moral abomination. Heck, had there not been a religious teaching against murder, it would be perfectly socially acceptable!
With morality in place, we (and by "we," I mean man) were able to make decisions in everyday life based on what we considered morally right and wrong. The choices that were most commonly made evolved into what we call "law." We also developed the concept of punishment in order to encourage people who disagree with the popular moral-based opinion to follow the popular moral-based opinion. Again, all law is based on morality. Name me one law, written or common, that cannot be traced back to some kind of moral teaching, which, in turn, cannot be traced back to religion.
To wrap it all up, don't you find it weird that homo sapiens, with their lackluster physical skill, were able to develop the mind power necessary to become the most dominate species in the world? No other race in the history of the earth has reached the intellect that Man has, and that is of billions of years of evolution. Then there's the theory of the big bang. According to this threory, there was once no time or space, and then out of this oblivion, all the matter and energy of the universe just magically appeared? That is in direct conflict with the law of conservation of mass: Matter cannot be created nor destroyed. So now scientists have to pick which one they want to believe, the Big Bang or the Law of Conservation.
I'm not saying that this proves the existance of God. What I am saying is that there has got to be something out there, something that has caused us, the homo sapien race, to dominate nature, despite our power and speed. Whether it be a God or something not yet explained, there has got to be something out there.
If it weren't for religion, we would have no law, no morality, and no civilization. In fact, we would just be cavemen if it weren't for religion.
Look back to the history of the homo sapien race. The first step that mankind took from the rest of the animal kingdom towards civilization was the concept of supernaturality, which eventually evolved into religion.
With that leap, we developed emotion. We also eventually developed the power of thought, which is where we got the concept of right and wrong, which REALLY broke us away from other animals. Keep in mind that absolutely everything that we judge based on morality is tied in some way to religion. If it's not found in some religious teaching, whether it be Christianity, Islam, or even Greek Mythology, then it's not considered morally wrong or right. I garentee you that, had Moses not made a verse in the book of Leviticus against gays, we would picture homosexuality as just another difference in culture and not some kind of moral abomination. Heck, had there not been a religious teaching against murder, it would be perfectly socially acceptable!
With morality in place, we (and by "we," I mean man) were able to make decisions in everyday life based on what we considered morally right and wrong. The choices that were most commonly made evolved into what we call "law." We also developed the concept of punishment in order to encourage people who disagree with the popular moral-based opinion to follow the popular moral-based opinion. Again, all law is based on morality. Name me one law, written or common, that cannot be traced back to some kind of moral teaching, which, in turn, cannot be traced back to religion.
To wrap it all up, don't you find it weird that homo sapiens, with their lackluster physical skill, were able to develop the mind power necessary to become the most dominate species in the world? No other race in the history of the earth has reached the intellect that Man has, and that is of billions of years of evolution. Then there's the theory of the big bang. According to this threory, there was once no time or space, and then out of this oblivion, all the matter and energy of the universe just magically appeared? That is in direct conflict with the law of conservation of mass: Matter cannot be created nor destroyed. So now scientists have to pick which one they want to believe, the Big Bang or the Law of Conservation.
I'm not saying that this proves the existance of God. What I am saying is that there has got to be something out there, something that has caused us, the homo sapien race, to dominate nature, despite our power and speed. Whether it be a God or something not yet explained, there has got to be something out there.